LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Boat
Barmouth, Merionethshire.—At 12.50 on the afternoon of the 9th of July, 1957, the police reported that a fishing boat appeared to be in difficulties off Llwgngwril. The boat was kept under observation from the coastguard look- out by the...
A Yacht (2)
Girvan, Ayrshire.—At 10.45 on th? night of the 21st of September, 1957, the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that a small yacht had left Cairnryan that afternoon for Ballantrae but had not arrived, and anxiety was felt for her. The...
O. A. Brodin
MARCH 11TH. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
At 6.10 A.M. a message was receivedfrom the coastguard that the Swedish steamer O. A. Brodin, of Stockholm, had gone ashore north of St. Bees. There was dense fog, with a smooth sea. At...
A Boat (1)
Walmer, Kent.—At 12.50 on the after- noon of the 12th of May, 1957, the Deal coastguard reported that a small boat needed help one mile south-east of the coastguard station. At one o'clock the life-boat, Thomas Markby, on temporary duty...
How You Can Save By a Gift to the Institution
IT does not sound possible, but it i The following is a list of the cost of the is a fact that by making a large gift! different types of Life-boat and of these to the Institution during his life other parts of the equipment of the wealthy...
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Two Survivors Dragged from Fishing Vessel
AT eight o'clock on the evening of the 30th January, 1962, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary of the Stornoway life-boat station in the Outer Hebrides, Captain Alexander Mackay, that a fishing vessel was aground off Battery...
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A Sailing Dinghy (5)
Hoylake, Cheshire; and Rhyl, Flint- shire.—At 9.30 on the night of the 5th of September, 1952, the Formby coast- guard telephoned to the Hoylake life- boat station a report from the Heswall police that two men had left Heswall in a...
Our Inland Branches. Henley-On-Thames
LEAVING the main line at Twyford on the ; Great Western Railway, we proceed by a small local line to Henley, passing through Shiplake, a small station where the j Thames is crossed. This village is situ- ated at the foot of hilly slopes, on...
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A Metal Dinghy
Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk.—At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 2nd of Septem- ber, 1955, the life-boat motor mechanic saw through a telescope three men in a metal dinghy. They had put off to try to recover a rubber dinghy, which was drifting out...
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